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MACHINE FOR BAKING AND LOADING HAY.

No. 20,772; Patented Julyfi, 1858.

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MACHINE FOR BAKING AND LOADING HAY.

- No. 20,772. Patented July 6, 1858.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ,OFFIGE.

J. B. BENTON, J. F. BEHN, AND G. BASTIAN, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES. FOR RAKING AND'LQADING HAY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 20.772, dated July 6, 1858.

top view; Fig. 3, an end View, and Fig. 4: a.

a transverse section through AB.

Letters of like name and kind refer to-hke parts in each of the figures.

The nature of our invention consists in g'ath-.

ering hay and grainand loading the same on a wagon, the machine being attached to the hind part, or being itself a part-of the wagon.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, we will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

-Our machine, when in motion, will gather the hay or grain by means of rake-teeth a a a, which are connected to the arms b by means of the rod 0, passing directly through the heads of the rake-teeth a a (I. Said rake teeth are further secured byjone end of the circular plate (I being fastened to the rod 0, which, being firmly secured to the frame E by lneansof the brackets f, or byany other means,

acts as 'a brace to' keep said rod cto its place. The'feet of the rake-teeth c a a have on the bottom a projection, as shown in the draw-' ings, so that if they meet with any obstruc- The rod 5, passing through the feet of the raketceth a a a, and being firmly secured to said teeth, keeps them in their proper position.

.The end of this rod 2' is connected with a lemencing at an angle of forty-five degrees below the center of the shaft l, where they are fastened to the rod 5, and continued so as to cover a space of-about one hundred and five degrees. This circular plate (I is placed directly behind and between the wheels h.

The revolving forks n are of such length asto come very near, but not in contact with, the plate (I.

On and, under the frameE, directly in front and between the wheels h, in firmly secured one end of the bands 0, which pass directly underthe shaft 1 and between the forks 11,- thence forming a circle whose center i'sabove and in front of the shaft I,to a pointtwhere the forks leave the'b'ands oat or-about an angle of forty-five degrees with the center of the shaft l; thence sloping "gradually to the bottom of the wagon, where they are again firmly secured.

The wagon beingin motion, the rake-teeth;

to a a, which are directly between the two wheels of the wagon, gather the hayor grain,

which is caught by the revolving forks n, which are firmly secured to the shaft 1 at such dis tances apart as to pass between the'rake-te'eth a a a, and elevating it over the bands 0, and,

between the plate d and said bands, which plate (I keeps the hay or grain from leaving the forks before it is elevated. llhe hay and grain being raised to a point in front and above the center of the shaft 1 on the bands 0, the forks a, passing between and below the bands 0, leave the hay or grain, which falls into the wagon. A man with a fork can distribute the hay or grain over the wagon as fast as .delivered.

'e do not claim the rake; neither do we claim the securing of the shaft to the wagonwheels, nor the forks'being attached to the shaft, as broadly considered; butv What we claim as our'invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the bands 0, plate d, and forks 11 the whole being constructed and arranged for operation conjointly, as and for the purposes setforth.

' JOHN B. BENTON.

J .F. BEHN. GOTTLOB BASTIAN. Witnesses:

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